Today’s example of science fact’s turning out to be stranger than science fiction is the moray eel, with it’s strange pharyngeal jaws that give it a decided resemblance to a well-known film monster. I remember reading an article about this when the scientists who discovered the eel’s anatomical idiosyncracy. It wasn’t until I saw this delightful, hand-drawn animation, though, that I got a better idea just why a moray would need to evolve this feature.